HIGHLIGHTS The drone is successor to AscTec Falcon 8 The drone can achieve speeds of up to 35 miles per hour Company previously acquired machine vision firm Movidius In a move that wouldn’t come as a surprise to many, Intel has announced its first fully self-branded drone, the Falcon 8+, which has been designed for use in industrial sector. The ... Read More »
Wearable camera maker GoPro Inc said on Thursday it temporarily stopped selling its latest Hero5 camera model on Amazon.com Inc in the United States as the company negotiates pricing with the online retailer. GoPro’s shares fell as much as 3.8 percent, on track for its worst six-day drop since May. The company will resume supplying to Amazon at the end ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Ying will be available later this month The drone has been priced at $299 The drone is foldable and weighs less than a pound WeChat is currently the most popular messaging platform in China and it’ll be an understatement to say that it enjoy a user base of a significant size. Tencent, the company behind the app, in partnership ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS It comes with a huge camera protrusion at the back The smartphone supports 4K video capture It has launched only in Europe for now In a bid to entice photo enthusiasts, camera company Kodak has launched the photo-focused Ektra smartphone. The smartphone has a unique design with a huge camera lens at the back, and it boasts of DSLR-like ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Attackers hijacked CCTV cameras made by Xiongmai using malware Mirai All cameras made before September 2015 were potentially vulnerable The attack took down sites including Twitter, Spotify and CNN A Chinese security camera maker said its products were used to launch a cyber-attack that severed internet access for millions of users, highlighting the threat posed by the global proliferation ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Sony to concentrate on videogames, entertainment and camera sensors Expects JPY 270 billion in operating profit for year ending in March Sony to sell its battery business for about JPY 17.5 billion Sony Corp cut its annual profit outlook due to losses related to the sale of its battery business – disappointing a market that had been hoping for ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Sony had a JPY 26 billion net profit in the six months through September Revenue during the period fell more than 10 percent to JPY 3.3 trillion Strong demand for games for its hugely popular PlayStation 4 game console Sony said Tuesday its fiscal first half net profit dived owing to a sharp rally in the yen and losses ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Intel struggling as tech users shift away from PCs to mobile phones Sales in the company’s PC business declined 3 percent to $7.3 billion Intel said it expected third-quarter revenue to be $15.6 billion Intel raised its quarterly revenue forecast for the first time in more than two years as suppliers of parts used in personal computers replenish their ... Read More »
Advertising technology company Mirriad says it is working with Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and China’s video site Youku to market Samsung products to Chinese viewers who are gravitating toward streaming video content. Mirriad’s technology inserts products or signage, from things like a branded beverage bottle on a table to a billboard with brand imagery in the background, into streaming video content. ... Read More »
Alphabet Inc. will focus its biggest bets next year on the staid world of business software and cloud computing, a marked departure from lofty “moonshots” of recent years, such as burrito-carrying drones and super-fast internet service. Alphabet was formed last year, in part, to insulate the lucrative online advertising business of its Google division from riskier, more capital-intensive projects now ... Read More »
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